Lab Alumni

Biology, phage, mucus, tissue culture

Phage, Mucus, and Microfluidic Model systems
Website (https://thebarrlab.org/)

Cell and Molecular Biology

I work on phage therapy projects and previously on the gut microbiome

Mucosal Immunology, Phage, Microbiology

Phage, coral immunology, mucus, viromes, bioinformatics

Viruses related to Cystic Fibrosis

Coral-algal phase shifts on coral reefs but more specifically using coral perimeter geometry to predict coral-algal phase shifts on coral reefs.

Coral reef ecology, coral algae interactions, DOC, oxygen dynamics

Marine ecology, invertebrate physiology and reproductive ecology, energetic tradeoffs, symbioses

Making toys!

Microbiology

Geographic Information Science (GIS), data visualization, bioinformatics

Marine Microbiology

Apicomplexan parasites (malaria), Applications of phylogenetics Microbial diversity, Origins of parasitism, Principles of molecular evolution

Investigating the role of oxygen and DOC on coral reef microbial ecology

Marine Biology and Ecology

Cystic Fibrosis Rapid Response Project. I am currently studying Microbial dynamics contained within the Cystic Fibrosis Lung via Metagenome, Metatranscriptome, Metabalome, and Virome analysis. Concurrently, I am assisting with bacteriophage therapy research. This entails isolating, classifying, and purifying bacteriophages in an effort to combat pathogens present in Cystic Fibrosis patient’s lungs.

Microbial Metatrascriptomics. Viral Metagenomic in animals, human and vectors

Microbial dynamics within tide pools

Investigating energy flow in coral reef systems using body size allometry (MTE)

Virus discovery: Liver failure of unknown origin; risk-assessment of pig-to-baboon xenotransplantation; flu-like illnesses of unknown origin; diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of unknown origin; HIV diversity and transmission

Bacteriophage, immunology, microbiology

Microbiology

Discovering the identities, ecological relationships and biogeochemical interactions between microbial organisms inhabiting coastal marine ecosystems. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/profiles/lwegley

Microbial ecology of human and animal disease

Coral immunology and viruses

Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Evolutionary Biology

Evolution of settlement and aggregation behaviors in invertebrates.

Microbiology

Phage and bacterial communities that inhabit the human body. I am using metabolomics, metagenomics and ecological statistics to characterize the active, microbial or viral driven processes in polymicrobial communities.